doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Does this rumor really have legs??

From an upstanding vintage gun guy here in the north is the report that ammo costs from the majors are going to double within the next month or so. He's stocking up. Please, this rumor could be the fabrication caused by the pain of frostbite fingers or too much inhilation of burnt gun powder. Just reporting from the great white north. Truth or fiction??? We don't have a clue up here. Randy

You can probably expect it to go up- mainly because of the price of lead shot. In the past 6 months around here it has gone from about $18.95 to around $25-26.00+ for 25 pounds. So this is probably what he is talking about. Now as far as going from $5.00 to $10.00 for a box of shells, I kind of doubt it. But you should expect some increase. It sure won't get any cheaper. Better stock up if you do a lot of shooting/reloading. Good luck.

This is why your Estate type throw away shells are getting more popular, too. Good luck.

Randy,
It depends on what you are paying now wether it will double or not.All I can say is, yes it is an upward spiral due to the increasing price of minerals.BUT we can all still catch a cold.Yesterday I was offered my regular brand of shells at 33% discount due to them being 'old stock' when I enquired what 'old stock' was I was told that the manufacturer had identified a problem with primers that was causing a decrease in performance.
This was no consolation to me as I have 6,000 'old stock'in stock.
When I mentioned this I was met with the reply "Oh don't worry they're still okay"
So I think I will buy them by the slab in future, 'just in case'.

Shot has gone up considerably and it is an important part of the shell cost. However, I don't believe it could justify doubling the store price. Reloading costs haven't doubled.

Bullets that were $14 6 months ago are now $23 here.

I think this an atempt to make it difficult to buy ammunition. A form of gun control. UI would look for big taxes next. If they can't control the guns they CAN tax ammo out of sight...like cigarettes.

Taxing cigarettes does not have a negative effect on sales. Just makes it harder for poor people.

That is so true, so sad but true. There was a study done in Winnipeg and it concluded that cigarettes were a refuge for the poor and it was very unlikely that anyone of them were capable of quitting as they had no incentive to try. I know I quit but had a horrible time and I am a semi- educated professional. Tried the gum, which tastes like corral dust, the patch, no good, my dad died of lung cancer in front of me and my kid was suspended from school for smoking, same week, so cold turkey only could quit because I wanted to, really sriously.
Mike, no more coughing getting out of bed.....dumb addiction, hard to lose....

I really don't want to take this thread any farther afield, . . .but,

I conducted an interview with a guy, a PhD, who runs a big smoking cessation program for a major regional med center. He said that nicotine is an exact fit for the serretonin receptors in the brain. That makes it highly addictive and may indicate that a good many smokers are self-treating depression.

Now back to the topic. Should we be stocking up on reloading supplies?